Upper West Region - The gateways to Ghana from Burkina Faso are the two important Regions of the Upper East and Upper West, which are the traditional crossroad's for the Trans-Saharan trade routes.

An exciting introduction to Ghana, much of the landscape is broad savannah grasslands, dotted with the strange looking baobab tree, or striking Sahel terrain. In the villages, with their distinctive round and square huts, communal activities go on as they have for generations.

The Upper West Region The Upper West Region has a different feeling, as a more traditional region. The administrative centre of Wa is also the seat of the Wa Naa, Paramount Chief of the Walas. The magnificent palace still stands as stately as it did when it was first built in the 19th century.

The uniquely styled traditional village houses of round mud-walled structures connected by walls forming large compounds are well adapted to the demanding climate of this region. Principal Attractions & Excursions in the Upper West Region

Gbelle Game Reserve

17km south of Tumu, the reserve (566km²) is a sanctuary of indigenous wildlife, particularly its large herds of Roan Antelope, and is part of Ghana's conservation programme.

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Wa Naa's Palace

The 19th century palace with its distinctive architecture is the official residence of the Wa Naa, traditional chief of the Walas. In front of the palace are graves of previous Wa Naa's

Gwollu Defence Wall

Gwollu, 70km north of Wa, was part of the Slave Route. In the 19th century Gwollu Koro Limann built the wall as part of the defence against the slavers.

George Ferguson's tomb

George Ekem Ferguson was a Ghanaian colonial agent who was instrumental in convincing local chiefs to sign treaties of friendship with the British. He was later (1897) killed by slave raiders, but his tomb was preserved in Wa.

G.E Ferguson Cemetery, Upper West Region of Ghana.

George Ekem Ferguson (14 July 1864 - 7 April 1897), also known as Ekow Atta, was a Fante civil servant, surveyor and cartographer who worked in the British colony of Gold Coast (modern Ghana).About 1880, the slave traders Samori and Babuti were

marauding in the lands between Sierra Leone and Nigeria, including the territory which is now the north of Ghana.Their large well-equipped armies did a lot of damage and captured many people to sell into slavery, despite the official abolition of slavery.Samori was taken by the French in 1899, while the British hunted Babuti in the Northern Territories.

George Ekem Ferguson was a Fante who spent some years surveying the country, and signing treatieswith local chiefs on behalf of the British. He was killed by Babuti's men at Wa. Babuti was killed at Yendi and many of his men joined the Gold Coast Regiment. G.E.Ferguson -Note from " A Visual History of Ghana "by C.M.O.Mate, illustrated by Ann and Donald Goring,( Evans Brothers.)

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